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Day: August 24, 2009

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Bumblebees!

The Butterfly Bush is attracting all manner of insects, including these bumblebees. It looks like one is gathering propolis, as the stuff on her back leg looks sticky rather than grainy.

I’d never noticed their three ocelli before!

Bumblebee gathering propolis
Bumblebee – Ocelli
Bumblebee – Antenna
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